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Monday, July 21, 2014

Punjabi Kadhi Pakora / Punjabi Kadhi With Pakora ~ Punjabi Recipes!!

Today's post is an Authentic Punjabi Kadhi recipe / Punjabi Kadhi Pakora recipe which i learnt from my Neighbor Aunt. After moving to Aurora, we are happy to have two Indian Neighbors. And the two families were so kind, caring and helping people. Really its blessed to have such people around us. I am lucky to have such people around me after 3 years. Yes.,for the past 3 years we don't have any Indian neighbors. One of the neighbor family is from Punjab and the other family is from Himachal Pradesh. So you can expect more recipes from punjab & Himachal Cuisine soon.
This Punjabi Kadhi is not cooked by me and it was prepared by my neighbor Aunt. One fine day talking to Aunt, i asked for the kadhi recipe and she said tomorrow i am planning to make kadhi for guest than will give it to you. I said No, that i want the recipe for my blog and I myself asked her that shall i come tomorrow to take the pictures of kadhi making. Without a second thought, she said ok and the next day she called me after preparing the stuffs ready for kadhi making. I went and took pictures at their house. She helped me a lot and i enjoyed cooking this recipe with her.

Though she has some frozen homemade lauke pakoras in hand, she prepared fresh onion pakoras for me and explained everything patiently. I simply clicked the step wise pictures and final pictures. She also packed me a cup of Kadhi Pakora and we enjoyed it to the core. It tasted so good and flavorful. My sweet friend Gaury, she gave me her bowl, spoon and flowers to use for my pictures. She also suggested some ideas for presentation. She is very good at presenting, organizing and decorating things. Thanks gaury and aunty for this recipe and for your time. On that day, aunty prepared Garam masala powder also and i too the picture of that too. She is kind enough to share the recipe for my blog. Its really nice to have mom with us. Now i don't need to yearn for my mom, since aunty is here for me to help, luv and care. They are not my neighbors, they are my family :) Now off to the Kadhi recipe...

Preparation Time : 10 minutes

Cooking Time : 15 minutes + 30 minutes

Serves 4

IngredientsFor Pakora

Besan Flour 1/2 cup

Chilli Powder 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds a pinch

Yogurt 1 tsp

Thinly sliced Onions 1/2 cup or less

Potato 1/2 (thinly sliced)

Cilantro/Curry leaves 2 tbsp(finely chopped)

Salt to taste

Water 1/8-1/4 cup or as needed

Oil to deep fry

For Kadhi

Yogurt 1 and 1/2 cups

Besan Flour 2-3 tbsp

Water 1-1 1/2 cups

Chilli Powder 1/2 tsp

Turmeric Powder 1/4-1/2 tsp

Onion 1/4 cup (sliced)

Ginger 1 tsp(finely chopped)

Garlic 2 fat cloves(crushed)

Curry leaves few

Cilantro 2 tbsp(finely chopped)

Salt to taste

Oil 1 tbsp

Methi seeds 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp

Method

First fry pakora and keep aside.

For that, in a bowl mix all the ingredients for Pakora and keep ready.

Then heat oil in a kadai, when its hot, turn the heat to medium and using a spoon drop a small portion of pakora into the oil and deep fry till it turns golden brown and crisp.

Once done transfer to a paper towel and keep aside.

Then Mix yogurt and besan flour to a lump free batter and add water mix well and keep aside.

Now for kadi, heat oil in a kadai when its heated add methi seeds and cumin seeds allow to splutter.

Notes
Adding potato to the kadhi and pakora is optional, if you don't like potato you can skip it very well.
Adjust water to your desired consistency, and also before set to boil make the kadhi little thin, so upon boiling it tend to thicken slightly.
Instead of onion pakora you can also make lauke pakora/bottle gourd pakora, peel and shred bottle gourd and mix it with besan.

Today's post is an Authentic Punjabi Kadhi recipe / Punjabi Kadhi Pakora recipe which i learnt from my Neighbor Aunt. After moving to Aurora, we are happy to have two Indian Neighbors. And the two families were so kind, caring and helping people. Really its blessed to have such people around us. I am lucky to have such people around me after 3 years. Yes.,for the past 3 years we don't have any Indian neighbors. One of the neighbor family is from Punjab and the other family is from Himachal Pradesh. So you can expect more recipes from punjab & Himachal Cuisine soon.
This Punjabi Kadhi is not cooked by me and it was prepared by my neighbor Aunt. One fine day talking to Aunt, i asked for the kadhi recipe and she said tomorrow i am planning to make kadhi for guest than will give it to you. I said No, that i want the recipe for my blog and I myself asked her that shall i come tomorrow to take the pictures of kadhi making. Without a second thought, she said ok and the next day she called me after preparing the stuffs ready for kadhi making. I went and took pictures at their house. She helped me a lot and i enjoyed cooking this recipe with her.

Though she has some frozen homemade lauke pakoras in hand, she prepared fresh onion pakoras for me and explained everything patiently. I simply clicked the step wise pictures and final pictures. She also packed me a cup of Kadhi Pakora and we enjoyed it to the core. It tasted so good and flavorful. My sweet friend Gaury, she gave me her bowl, spoon and flowers to use for my pictures. She also suggested some ideas for presentation. She is very good at presenting, organizing and decorating things. Thanks gaury and aunty for this recipe and for your time. On that day, aunty prepared Garam masala powder also and i too the picture of that too. She is kind enough to share the recipe for my blog. Its really nice to have mom with us. Now i don't need to yearn for my mom, since aunty is here for me to help, luv and care. They are not my neighbors, they are my family :) Now off to the Kadhi recipe...

Preparation Time : 10 minutes

Cooking Time : 15 minutes + 30 minutes

Serves 4

IngredientsFor Pakora

Besan Flour 1/2 cup

Chilli Powder 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds a pinch

Yogurt 1 tsp

Thinly sliced Onions 1/2 cup or less

Potato 1/2 (thinly sliced)

Cilantro/Curry leaves 2 tbsp(finely chopped)

Salt to taste

Water 1/8-1/4 cup or as needed

Oil to deep fry

For Kadhi

Yogurt 1 and 1/2 cups

Besan Flour 2-3 tbsp

Water 1-1 1/2 cups

Chilli Powder 1/2 tsp

Turmeric Powder 1/4-1/2 tsp

Onion 1/4 cup (sliced)

Ginger 1 tsp(finely chopped)

Garlic 2 fat cloves(crushed)

Curry leaves few

Cilantro 2 tbsp(finely chopped)

Salt to taste

Oil 1 tbsp

Methi seeds 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp

Method

First fry pakora and keep aside.

For that, in a bowl mix all the ingredients for Pakora and keep ready.

Then heat oil in a kadai, when its hot, turn the heat to medium and using a spoon drop a small portion of pakora into the oil and deep fry till it turns golden brown and crisp.

Once done transfer to a paper towel and keep aside.

Then Mix yogurt and besan flour to a lump free batter and add water mix well and keep aside.

Now for kadi, heat oil in a kadai when its heated add methi seeds and cumin seeds allow to splutter.

Notes
Adding potato to the kadhi and pakora is optional, if you don't like potato you can skip it very well.
Adjust water to your desired consistency, and also before set to boil make the kadhi little thin, so upon boiling it tend to thicken slightly.
Instead of onion pakora you can also make lauke pakora/bottle gourd pakora, peel and shred bottle gourd and mix it with besan.

14 comments:

loved reading this post and about your sweet neighbors :) You are too lucky to be around such neighbors sangee .. and convey to your neighbor anut kadhi looks so tempting and perfect punjabi style :) Making me hungry !! lovely clicks by you !!

I was searching for a kadhi with pakora recipe and came across your blog. The kadhi looks fantastic and I will try it out soon. I've only seen a couple of posts so far, but I love it. I can wait to read more.

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